Step aside, DNA—new synthetic compounds called XNAs can also store and copy genetic information, a new study says.
Step aside, DNA—new synthetic compounds called XNAs can also store and copy genetic information, a new study says.
You may never have heard of Hubble’s constant, but everyone knows what “the big bang” theory is.
The jury is still out on whether the star-studded viral outbreak movie Contagion will be a Hollywood blockbuster, but don’t blame Patrick Hickey if it isn’t. The Scottish mycologist recently led a team that used living bacteria and fungi to create two sinister-looking billboards meant to lure, or scare, people into seeing the movie.
via Don’t Call It Viral Marketing: The Story Behind Contagion’s Microbial Billboard – ScienceInsider.
The old stereotype that scientific breakthroughs result from some lone rumpled genius toiling away in his basement laboratory hardly abides nowadays. Scientists collaborate. A lot. And in some unlikely ways, as this data visualization by the always-brilliant Moritz Stefaner (with support from agency Onformative’s Christopher Warnow) shows.
Max Planck Research Networks (screencast) from Moritz Stefaner on Vimeo.
via Infographic: How Scientific Ideas Flow Around The World | Co. Design.
I love the subtle reference to Tatooine along with three updates to a story that basically clarifies that no one really knows if Betelgeuse is going to blow in the near future.  So, here’s the Fox News Australia (news.com.au) take of the story along with the Huffington Post coverage…and don’t forget to buy more sunscreen.
